{"id":169247,"date":"2025-05-05T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169247"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:23:20","slug":"james-carville-democrats-held-to-higher-standard-cant-lie-like-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169247","title":{"rendered":"James Carville – Democrats held to higher standard, can’t lie like Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Carville went on a podcast and had Ryan Lizza as a guest. Carville said that people asked him why Democrats don’t just lie like the Republicans. Carville responded that Democrats are held to a higher standard of credibility and thus can’t get away with lying like the Republicans.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic political strategist James Carville expressed frustration with the state of his party on his podcast Thursday, arguing that Republicans are able to get away with lying while Democrats are held to a higher standard of credibility.<\/p>\n

Talking to guest Ryan Lizza, a journalist, he said, “People say to me all the time, ‘James, why don’t we just do like the Republicans do? Just stand up and lie?’ Because our f—ing people wouldn’t stand for it!” Carville said. “If I stood up and lied, you would be the first person to say, ‘James Carville lost all credibility last night when he said X, Y and Z.'”<\/p>\n

Carville, a longtime political talking head, was a top strategist for former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I can spin,” Carville continued. “I can shade. Everybody does that. They just look you right in the eye and lie!” He added, “And then our people say, ‘We ought to lie like them!’ No, we shouldn’t! ‘Cause they would not do that. It would not go over well.”<\/p>\n

President Clinton was impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice connected to his testimony about a relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.<\/p>\n

The issue of authenticity came up more recently during the 2024 election. A new book claimed Democrats had major concerns about former President Joe Biden’s decline and cognitive abilities ahead of his June debate against President Donald Trump, despite publicly maintaining that the former president was fit to serve another four years.<\/p>\n

On the podcast, Carville also tore into President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, accusing him of pushing other countries into closer relations with “an odious country like China” because they can’t predict US trade strategy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clark, J. (2025, May 3). James Carville says Democrats can’t afford to lie like ‘Republicans do’ because they would lose credibility. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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